They are very prone To Lung Disease and respiratory Infections
I don't know, maybe because of the wild rats. The wild rats are nasty, and spread diseases, but then people add that detail to the domesticated pet rats. I think pet rats are very clean, if you take care of them. Hope I helped ^^
OK let me get this straight. Rats are animals. All forms of life are equal. People just think they are "gross" because they seek shelter in their homes and sometimes have diseases. Pet rats can quite wonderful. You can find a pet rat at a pet shop for about 5$ to 30$. Tip: Do not try to keep wild rats as pets for various reasons.
Pet mice and rats do not carry any diseases. Wild rats caused the black plague in the middle ages.
No. All pet rats are vaccinated.
No never, the woodchips are very harmful to the rats lungs causing all sorts of respiratory diseases and infections
Rats or mice whatever these eat just about anything most of the time seeds, bread,etc,etc
at the pet store. sometimes in the back of a sewer, if you can catch it and are of the adventureous type. good luck finding rats! EDIT: Do NOT feed 'sewer' rats to reptiles ! They are known to carry diseases HARMFUL to snakes ! Snakester1962 (Supervisor)
No. Wild rats can have diseases, but are not poisonous.
You can find pet rats in a lot of pet stores, or animal rescues. You can find wild rats just about anywhere.
its not all pet rats its just the ones that are black and white because it looks somewhat like a tuxedo
u shouldn't be askin wat type they got but wat type they haveny got
No, they can sometimes prevent them!